Adjustable cornice and bracket



Jan 24, 1950 M. EISENBERG ETAL 2,495,514 v ADJUSTABLE CORNICE AND BRACKET Filed Aug. 15, 1949 NVENToRs. MANA/ E/.S'ENBEFQ /MES E. CL EMEA/72S.

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2,495,514 l A ADJUSTABLE CORNICE `AND BRACKET Manny Eisenberg and James E. Clements, Bronx,

and Charles Druck, Long Beach, N. Y.

Application August 15, 1949, serial No. 110,418

' This invention relates to a flexible and elastic adjustable cornice.

, Window cornices are ornamental, horizontal projections Within which curtains and draperies are hung, and they are conventionally made of relatively inflexible material, such as wood and metal. Some of them are xed in dimensions and others are extensible and contractable within predetermined limits. Some cornices are pro'- vided `with a fabric covering to harmonize or' contrast with window curtains, drapes or the like.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of cornices which are made of relatively exible and relatively elastic material removably mounted on stretcher brackets made of wire or other suitable material, and Which are secured on either side of a window frame. The cornices may be made of Wholly elastic material or partly of elastic andpartly of non-elastic material. In the preferred form of this invention, the cornices are made of ruilled or shirred non-elastic material such as textile fabric or plastic cloth, backed by means of two bands of elastic tape.

The Wire stretcher brackets or supports by which the present cornice is mounted engage only the end portions of the cornice band, andV intermediate said end portions the cornice band is entirely free. Since the cornice is made of ruffled textile or plastic cloth backed by means of elastic bands, it may -be stretched to any desired length, within reasonable limitations, for adjustment to windows of many varying widths. The wire stretcher brackets or supports are readily attachable to window frames by means of wood screws, nails or the like. They may be opened or closed by the simple expedient of flexing one of their parts. The cornice band is provided with looped ends so that it is simply a matter of slipping said looped ends over the flexed part of the two wire stretcher brackets .to

mount the cornice band on said brackets. By the same token the cornice band may be removed from the stretcher brackets by simply slipping their looped ends off the flexed parts of said brackets.

' Many advantages over conventional cornices may be found in the elastic cornice constituting the present invention. In the first place, a cor- 1 5'Claims.f (Cl. 1GO-21) ,nice madefin'accordance with this invention is far less expensive than conventional cornices. In the Vsecond place, it produces a decorative effect which'c'annot be achieved Iby conventional cornicesy unless'they be covered with the same material of which the present cornice is made. Covering a conventional cornice with the material of which the present cornice is made would certainly be unduly costly. Another advantage in the present cornice resides in its elastic adjustability since it may be 'made to fit Windows of many sizes by simply stretching it to appropriatey length. There is no real change in appearancey between the present cornice stretched to one length and the same cornice stretched to another length. By contrast, all adjustable cornices of conventional construction do produce different effects depending Vupon their adjusted length. Their construction is generally, if not exclusively, telescopic, and vit lis Aobvious to the eye that they look different whenthey are extended to different lengths. n

Another important advantage which is inherent in cornices made in accordance with the presentv invention is the ease with which they may be mounted -on wooden windowframes. It is theI type of job which the average housewife would willingly undertake.

' A still further advantage is the ease with which fabric of the cornices of the present invention may be removed from their supporting.

brackets for cleaning, and as easily replaced.

A preferred form of this invention is shown by Way of illustration in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of one of the stretcher bracket and showing another bracket in flexed stretcher bracket on the opposite side of the condition, ready to receive the opposite end of the cornice band.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing one looped end of the cornice band being slipped over the flexed part of one of the stretcher brackets.

Fig. 8 is another fragmentary view showing one end of the cornice band mounted on one stretcher bracket, preparatory to swinging said cornice band around said bracket and bringing it to the window.

A cornice of the present invention comprises a stretchable fabric or band i0 and two supporting stretcherbracketsgl l Cornice.- band I0" shown im thev drawingg is.. mounted on two stretcher brackets Il, one at each end or side of window frame l2. The two; brackets may be identical in every respect or one may be a right bracket and the other a leftl bracket. There is no differencefnprineple ber- 2a tween the right and left brackets,and,hema.itl will suffice for present purposes to describe only one of them, to Wit, bracket Ii-'shoW-m inI the drawing.

In the embodiment shown, cornice band I0 comprises tasuitablalength of textile or plastic, cloth. I5, having a pair, of. elastic, bands. I fastened thereto,.longitudinal1y, thereof, one ontbeten and;- one en thebottom, ,and.-.being folded o ver.` atiboth` endssto form. end loops.. or lierns,y III, The. length andwidth ofI band I SLWilLVary. inaccordancewith., individualY requirements and, preferences.. It; should, however, be sufficiently long-` to.y 't. rela: tively. Wide `Windows and, yetg, when. ruled. or` shirred, itshould. trelatiyely. narrow, Windows... The, elastic.v bands are, attached. tosv the, backl ofi fabric. I5., r each by., means. of two, rows of. stitch: ing`i IB; oneY along the f top, edgeV of; thefabrio .1 and; theother: aleng..the.bottcm edgethereof.. 'lliesabands extend. the, full length, of.. the fabric.- andi they: evenmay;extend,around.the,.end loops of the: fabric; Inl their. contracted. or:` relaxed', state, the. elastic .bandsare considerably. shorter. than fabric I 5. Itis, therefore,.necessaryt tornieor shirnthecloth Whenthe. bands are attachedftoitin,orden to... reduce the lengthY ofG the; cloth..V to.I thelength; of the relaxed bands, the bands being attached: While.- under tension. Ittisn cslnscqilenlily.l possible toextend.V the Alengthnf the.-corniceaasgal Whole by? pullingv the rules to lessi; ruiiled., condition. and.- 50y placing,theaelastic1bemdsgunderI tensior-i` The en. tirel lengthened cornice is. thereby placedzunder; elastic tension. The end.lcrxllgsrnayfbeforrnedrinI anysuitable .way eithen with-.or Without thefelastiobands-.iorming apart thereof.. Flori-examples, 555 the-end. loopsmiay bestitchedrdow-n by; meansfo stitching` l 9s Referring; new to; the:- wire. stretcher; brackets which supportlthefstretched cornicefband; it.wil1; be seen that each bracket comprises a U.shaped (nl stretcherv member haring a yokaZll; andialpair-of arms. or iegsfZ/lf and 22:; y respectively.: and .arwalh` engaging portion comprising,Y ai loop;v 23;V being;` formed at` theend 0L arm.. 2l-, a. secondi loop,Vx 24 being formed at; thecnd of@ armi. 22, .a-. hook 215.-; being formed adjacentloopfza,wandxalocking arma 26 being provided y.onzloop forengagement with hook 25, theffreeendlof said.locking;armA being bent tof for-m ai lcon 27; The entire bracket is made of asinglepieceof Wirebent asgshownin; the drawing to form thefykexandiarms. aforer mentioned; the,A loops and; hook: aforementioned andthe locking.- arrnasfwell;`

Loops, 23 and 2.4 ConstitutilgthefWallrcngagngr portion occupy.- acommnniplane and they`- project: 15-

at right angles with respect to arms 2| and 22. It is by means of these loops and wood screws 30 that the bracket may be fastened to any suitable support such as a wooden window frame. The manner in which the bracket is fastened to the Window frame is clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 8. 'I'he stretcher portion arms 2| and 22 are perpendicular to the window frame and they extend along parallel horizontal lines. Yoke 20 is disposed on a vertical line, parallel to the side posts of the window frame. Locking arm 26 is also disposed on a vertical line, parallel to yoke 20, when it is engaged by hook 25.

Itis` necessaryto disengage-y the locking arm from: its hooks in. orden to. slip.:y the cornice band loop over it. The open end of the hook faces the Window frame to which the bracket is attached, and it is, therefore, necessary to flex the locking arlrr inthedirection of the window frame in order t0` disengageit-from'. the hook. Its disengaged pcsitoniisishown in Figs. 5 and 6. The loop of the cornice band may now be slipped downwardly oversaidllocking-arm' as the arrow in Fig. 7 indicatess, The locking arm may now be caused to reengage hook 25 to prevent the cornice loop from slipping; oi. 'Ehe-- cornice band should now be brought forwardly as shown inEig, 8, andthen. arnund. yoke 2811i, thebracket'. as .the curved arrmv. inllig.. 8,. clearly, shows. Thel cornice band. may, now. bestretched.acrossthe,front ,of the ywindow. frame and. around :the yoke of the bracket. on. theopposite side. thereof. The opposite end-of.- the, cornice. band may, now. be: attached, to4 said. opposite.. bracket.. in.. the saine.- manner that. its;

.firstrrnentioned end. was.. attached tothe first,

bracket. The cornice is now mountedion the vwin-- dow frame and nothing more remains to be done..

The foregoing4 is. descriptive,V of; the, preferred formf., this invention, and, itwilllbel apprcciatedi that this. form` mayr bemodified and. other.v forms? may, beprovdedwithin the broad scope andspirit oithe 4present invention.v

Having thusdescribedzour; inventioni what we, claim; asnew anddesire to, secure.- by Lettera Batentis.

1.. stretcher bracketiorra;cornicenof the char acter: described,A said. bracket. comprising; a U,..V shapedlmemberfwhereinthe arms ,are dispos-eden; horizontal linea, one: above the other-, and;v thef yoke is disposed along a vertical line,vsaidarms.;. being; provided; withi loops at their; free.; ends; for fastening* bis means off any suitable fastening; means-:tara framefsuch as awindow-frame; one; of. said.- armsA being; also? provided' at its. free endi withL ai vertically; extending: lockingf arm. and: tha` Qtherrof sadiarms being providedlat;itsriree'endi with a hook t0:enga'seftl'lefireeendrofitiiel locke- .l mggarm..

stretcher;bracketpiforacornice-,of the charJ acter' describedi', said.; bracket; having' a: pairl of spaced; vertically; extending; members aroundi Whichiarcornice band may be: disposed; oneoffthe vertical; members:A being-supported: atv the top, and bottomi bymeans'. of arms which. are fastened;

tu. aswindow'framegthe other-vertical.mernber'bfav ingfastenedat one: end tofone; ofsaid armsi andi being detachablyhooked' at its: opposite endto,v theother offsaidarms.

3: hcornijcefor Window; frames; and: the like',v

said'. cornice-f compris-ing a. bandiV ofi longitudinali elastic-.material and; a pair ofstretcher brackets.y fastened to a window frame and around? which. saidband isaremovablyrlooped.each-.saidstretcher bracket: haring;v a. Windowrframa1-engaging` pore.. tioniby, which the;v bracket maybesecured-c t'ofthefv window frame, a cornice band holding portion around which an end of the cornice band is looped and an outwardly extending portion over and past which the cornice band extends inA the direction of the other stretcher bracket.

4. A cornice in accordance with claim 3, Wherein the cornice band is made of ruled fabric having a longitudinally elastic tape fastened to the back thereof.

5. A stretcher bracket for a cornice of the character described, said bracket having a pair of spaced members around which a cornice band of longitudinally elastic material may be stretched, one of said members being supported at the top and bottom by means of Wall-engaging portions which are fastened to and extend outwardly from y a window frame, the other of said members being 6 fastened at one end to one of said wall-engaging portions and being detachably hooked at its opposite end to the other of said wall-engaging portions.

MANNY EISENBERG.

JAMES E. CLEMENTS.

CHARLES DRUCK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,732,447 Crane Oct. 22, 1929 2,250,003 Boye July 22, 1941 

